A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

A ghost

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

2001

1999

1982
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Japan

United States

Canada

China
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
Tokyo

New York

Beijing

Toronto
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Present tense

Pluperfect

Future tense

Past tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Animated film

Novel

Short story

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Literary fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Eel

Pufferfish

Tuna

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it

His mother died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its gills

Its stomach

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They die at the table
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

California

Toronto

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

Japan

Canada

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?
His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?
Mother's brother

Father's business partner

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a doctor

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Tokyo

Osaka

Toronto

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Drinking

Smoking

Chewing gum

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Kobe

Suichi

Watanabe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

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